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Secret Service hooker flap over $47 (or just 83,475 naughty lil' pesos)  —  By GEOFF EARLE in DC and DON KAPLAN in NY  —  A Secret Service agent shamed the United States after a wild night of babes and booze that ended in an argument with a Colombian hooker over as little as $47.

Geithner calls Romney statements on women, economy ‘ridiculous’  —  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner ripped presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday, calling Romney's argument that women have been disproportionately hurt during the recession “a ridiculous argument.”

White House Opens Door to Big Donors, and Lobbyists Slip In  —  Last May, as a battle was heating up between Internet companies and Hollywood over how to stop online piracy, a top entertainment industry lobbyist landed a meeting at the White House with one of President Obama's technology advisers.

The Republican War Against Women  —  The Wall Street Journal wants us to know that Republicans can win the War Against Women.  Seriously.  I like this headline so much I screen captured it before some dweeb at WSJ wakes up and realizes what it says -  —  Anyway, WSJ thinks Romney …

Romney Adviser Ed Gillespie Struggles To Defend Campaign's Major Economic Claim  —  Mitt Romney senior adviser Ed Gillespie struggled to defend his campaign's central piece of evidence supporting its claim that President Obama is waging a war on women today.

Cheney calls Obama ‘unmitigated disaster’ in post-surgery speech  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the Wyoming Republican state convention at the Little America Hotel and Resort in Cheyenne, Wyo.  —  Dick Cheney, just weeks after undergoing heart transplant surgery …

Al-Shabaab execute al-Amriki  —  The al-Qaeda-allied group al-Shabaab executed US-born jihadist Omar Hammami on April 5th, according to unconfirmed Somali media reports.  —  Hammami, known as Abu Mansour al-Amriki, said he feared for his life from other al-Shabaab leaders because of strategic …

Competition Is Healthy for Governments, Too  —  SHOULD governments — of nations, states and towns — compete like business rivals?  —  The question is simpler to ask than to answer.  But it reflects why conservatives and liberals disagree on many big issues facing the nation.